@article { author = {Dain, Katie}, title = {Challenges Facing Global Health Networks: The NCD Alliance Experience; Comment on “Four Challenges that Global Health Networks Face”}, journal = {International Journal of Health Policy and Management}, volume = {7}, number = {3}, pages = {282-285}, year = {2018}, publisher = {Kerman University of Medical Sciences}, issn = {2322-5939}, eissn = {2322-5939}, doi = {10.15171/ijhpm.2017.93}, abstract = {Successful prevention and control of the epidemic of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) cannot be achieved by the health sector alone: a wide range of organisations from multiple sectors and across government must also be involved. This requires a new, inclusive approach to advocacy and to coordinating, convening and catalysing action across civil society, best achieved by a broad-based network. This comment maps the experience of the NCD Alliance (NCDA) on to Shiffman’s challenges for global health networks – framing (problem definition and positioning), coalition-building and governance – and highlights some further areas overlooked in his analysis.}, keywords = {Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs),Civil Society Networks,Coalition-Building,Advocacy,Governance,Human Sustainable Development}, url = {https://www.ijhpm.com/article_3400.html}, eprint = {https://www.ijhpm.com/article_3400_b9e6e4a03b6b0c64f547802ee5462d97.pdf} }